Home Rule for Cuba Weakened by Madrid Plan Shift
A Madrid special to the New York World suggests Spain plans a colonial home rule scheme for Cuba similar to a 1693 Cortes bill. The move, seen as late, aims to win favor in the West Indies and avert U S pressure, with military and political leaders divided on its timing. The Madrid press reports most residents deny U S prompting the policy.
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Cuba
Madrid
New York
Cleveland
Ttis
West Indies
Cortes
Wagler
Washington
Europe
Spain
United States
Cooperative Factories Plan For Glass Workers Fight
The Window Glass Workers Association, the wealthiest labor body, may build co operative factories at multiple points to match a manufacturer shutdown set for May 29. A membership vote will follow a weekly meeting with aims to push decisive action at the convention in July. Master Workman Campbell backs erecting six factories in Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Ohio Indiana and Illinois.
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Window Glass Workers’ Association
Worlenan Campbell
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jerees
Ohio
Illinois
Plague Quarantine and Global News Bits
The Gaelic arrives from Hong Kong and Yokohama with passengers held to quarantine on a San Francisco voyage due to plague and smallpox cases. Hong Kong ports declare quarantine. a Singapore plague case is reported. Koreans clash with Japanese. Russians push royal persuasion. Edward Irwin advocates dissolving the Diamond match trust amid legal questions. St Louis votes to bury wires underground by 1909. Corean loan talks pursue 48 million. balloons for English army. The pope may mediate Cuba disputes. Charles Morris commits suicide before execution.
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Bisck
China
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Xokobuma
Honolulu
Yokohama
South China
Singapore
Fitz Nearby Fatal Electrocution in Cleveland
Prize fighter Robert Fitzsimmons survived a near electrocution when his chain touched live wires on a gym roof in Cleveland. His lion Nero died after the accident, and Fitzsimmons sustained severe shocks with burns. He was removed to his hotel in a dazed condition. Other details describe weather influenced trade and assorted regional notices.
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Robert Fitzsimmons
Cleveland
Guia
Petsion
Nero
Pitsimmons
Remsey
Erie Street
Fitzsimmons
Ernest Rober
Lewis
Lis
Pitzsimmons
Fitz
Alaska Mine Explosion Tragedy Sends News to Seattle
The steamer Willapa arrives from Alaska bearing reports of a terrible explosion in the new tunnel between the Treadwell and Mexican mines. Four men were killed in the accident, authorities confirm.
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Alaska
Willapa
Seattle
Wash
Qoen
Labor federation plans eight hour strike spread to major cities
A Boston dispatched report says the American Federation of Labor prepares for a nationwide eight hour work day strike. Executive leadership aims to unite unions across New York Chicago St. Louis Portland and other cities with up to 60 000 workers ready to walk out. Leaders Gomberg and McGuire will meet to evaluate strength and funding as preparations proceed to avert scenes like Chicago and Homestead.
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Gombers
McGuire
Chicago
Homestead
Roentgen Rays Declared Cure for Diphtheria Germs
Chicago scientists H. P. Pratt and Hugh Wightman announce that diphtheria and typhoid bacteria are absolutely killed by Roentgen rays. They tested four colonies cholera tuberculosis hog cholera and diphtheria, claiming the last terms exposed to the ray show no life under the glass, while others remain inactive. The physicians risk their reputations with this prophecy.
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Wighman
Battle of San Claudio gunboat saves Spanish troop
Report describes the clash at San Claudio where 5000 insurgents pressed the Alfonso II battalion. A gunboat Almeria responded to the coast battle scene but found Spanish forces retreating, as insurgents overran nearby hills and houses with heavy fire. Separately, William Taylor’s jail escape plot is uncovered when a saw is found hidden in a satchel.
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Alfonzo Iit
Maceo
San Claudio
Aleria
Alfonzo Wii
William Taylor
Meeks
Kansas City
Carrollton
Marsha Keshler
Gerrollton
Taylor
Reed chosen by Portland Republican convention
The Portland Maine state Republican convention unanimously selected Thos B Reed as the presidential candidate for the national convention amid loud Reed related applause. Also reported Bulawayo captured by Matabeles and the Middle Sex regiment ordered to South Africa amid London fears. Eva Booth named commander of the Salvation Army in Canada and Newfoundland.
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Portland
Maine
Thos. B. Reed
United States
Reed Wattons
Reed
Bulawayo
London
Aldershot
South Africa
CSIUE
Pacific Ocean
Eva Booth
Booth
Salvation Army
Canda
Newfoundland
Market Quotations Across Cities Show Mixed Grain and Livestock Prices
Sioux City and Chicago provide varied quotes for cattle, hogs, and stockers with steers ranging up to $84 in local notes. Grain futures list No 2 spring wheat around 65 to 68 cents, corn and rye quoted, with Kansas City and Minneapolis figures reflecting regional demand and on‑track prices.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Kansas City
South Omaha
Minneapolis
Heat Records Fall as Chicago Endures Unseasonable April Heat
Temperatures surged across cities from Chicago to New York and St Louis reaching the mid 80s in Chicago by afternoon with a record April heat wave. Thermometers at the Auditorium tower read 84 while street levels showed 83. Forecasters noted no relief in sight as residents clung to winter wear amid urban thermometers climbing further.
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Dun & Cols Weekly
Lawrence
Atlantic
California
Janet
Chicago Auditorium
Lake Michigan
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Louisville
Boston
Mississippi
Clash Draws Near in Nile Valley as Emir advances
Bellicose forces in the Nile valley converge as the Emir of Dongola moves northward with substantial troops. Spies report he has passed Aboo Fatuc, seventy miles south of Sparda, to join the dervishes massing at Sparda, about forty-five miles from the Egyptian outpost at Akasheh. Akasheh and Si have strong garrisons and railway construction toward these points continues rapidly.
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Valley of the Nile
Dongola
Aboo Fatuc
Sparda
Akasheh
Rail project advances to bypass cataracts amid dervish threat
Four miles of track laid toward completing a line planned since 1884 to pass the cataracts. Posts along the Nile guard the railway as 3,000 dervishes near Suarda advance to Mograkeh, while Dongola remains the main base. Egyptian HQ expects commissariat limits to curb any northward push beyond Srarda.
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Nile St Semneh
Wady Ambigel
Tangur
Sonki
Suarda
Mograkeh
Akasheh
Dongola
Soudan
Kassaia
Sarras
Commissariat
Srarda
Michigan Prohibitionists Adopt Free Silver Platform
Michigan Prohibitionists meet in Lansing to choose a major free silver plank. The minority report for free silver passed unanimously with a strong mandate to run delegates to the national convention. Delegates at large include Reynolds of Pontiac Dickie of Albion Maione of Lansing and Rev. John Russell of New Haven plus Jane Hutchens of Pierce Nebraska. A separate item notes a Nebraska visitor in Norfolk who fired on pedestrians and was disarmed after a struggle with the town marshal. A. Irene Dirpont Coleman, son of Bishop Leighton Coleman, leaves the Protestant Episcopal Church to join the Roman Catholic Church.
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Michigan Prohibitionists
Lansing
Idea
Committee On Resaln
Henry A. Reynolds
Pontiac
Samuel Dickie
Albion
George R. Maione
John Russell
New Haven
Jane Hutchens
Pierce
Neb
Fgute
Norfolk
Irene Dirpont Coleman
Leighton Coleman
Delaware
Protestant Episcopal Church
Chaurcch
Britain's Big Surplus and Expenditure Forecast
In Commons Thursday Chancellor Michael Hicks Beach announced a surplus for 1893 and 1896 of £4,210,000 and current-year expenditure of £100,047,000. He praised this as a record year with large debt reduction, noted improvements in working-class conditions, and cited shifts in imports such as tea, tobacco, wines, and beer. He projected current-year spending at £106,027,000 against £101,735,000 in revenue.
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House of Commons
Michael Bicks Geach
Michael Hicks-Beach
Indi
Carson
Qstoms
Blind to Beg in Chicago Child Abuse Case
Chicago police uncovered a network of child mistreatment as a couple, Achille Massel and his wife, allegedly blinded their children to force them into begging. Two children were reported as permanently damaged, while others claimed the youngsters were born blind. Officials say the practice was ongoing locally.
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Chicago
Achille Massell
Massel
Opening Day Crowd Surges Across Baseball League
Nearly 80,000 attended six opening games on Thursday, 77,000 total, with 78,856 noted as a strong start. Chicago beat Louisville 4 to 2, Brooklyn defeated Baltimore 6 to 5, St Louis 3 Cleveland 2, Washington 6 New York 2, Boston beat Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh routed Cincinnati 9 to 1.
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National Baseball League
Chicago
Louisville
Brooklyn
Baltimore
St Louis
Cleveland
Washington
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Loninville
St. Louis
Opposes High Hats Portrays Fosdick as Anti Hat Figure
A profile of Philip Fosdick, described as the Lexiglator who fathers the anti high hat bill. The text labels him a figure of image pleasure seeking and notes a processing scenario in China with difficulties. The piece centers on Fosdick as Philin Case.
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Philip Fosdick
Philin Case
Fosdick of Cincinnati Promotes Anti High Hat Bill
Fosdick of Cincinnati has gained fame by introducing into the Ohio Legislature the anti high hat bill and seeing its passage. Julius Mulh, the United States consul at Magdeburg, warns that the re tax bill will cheapen sugar in America but ruin the beet sugar industry in Nebraska and California. United States Consul Hanger at Bermuda reports ship channel improvements allow twenty foot water vessels to reach Hamilton wharves at low tide.
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Fosdick
Cincinnati
Ohio
Julius Mulh
Magdeburg
America
Nebraska
California
United States
Hanger
Bermuda
State Department
Hamilton
Congressional proceedings review of finance and defense bills
Congress debates the Grosvener filled cheese bill and bankruptcy measures, with amendments on fees for manufacturers and dealers. The Senate and House consider fortifications funding, coast defenses, and a proposed United States district judge in Illinois. debate covers Bond issues and national home managers, plus pension and war-claim actions.
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House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Mitchell
Oregon
House Committee On Judiciary
United States
Oflinois
Endicott Commission
Squire
Rep
Wash
Hull
William B. Franklin
Connecticut
Thomas J. Hendersen
Ilinois
George L. Beale
Maine
Geo. W. Steele
National Soldiers’ Homes
Mrr. Blue
Gen Franklin
Col Smith
Gen. Franklin
Leavenworth
Kaw
Gen. O. ©. Howard
H.J. Anderson
Kansas
Gev. Smith
C. C. Howard
Franklin
Cobb
Alabama
Ways and Means
Tursney
Aldrich
Clinvis
van Horn
Missouri
Mrnday
Allen
Gear Alier
Foote
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Renwick
Iowa
Epain
Nangkin
Corea
Edward Irwin
Aft
Irvin
Michigan
Wisconsin
Air
Irwin
Municipal Assembly of
Yokohamajts
Pope
Pall Mall Gazette
Rome
Charles Morris
Fresno
Cal
Calistaga
San Jose
Trust
Stockton
Cala
Williams
Havana
Alberto Jesus Diaz
South
Diaz
Vernon County
Wis
Bad Ax
Bad River
Odanah
Sweden
Secretary of Agriculture
United Sates
Stockholm
Rrksdad
Pardridge
Eduard Pardridge
Board of Trade
Bricht
Old
Aine
Britain
Fosnick
Work OF Congress
Republic
Johannesburg
Pretoria
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